Researcher releases PoC rooting app that exploits recent Android zero-day
Late last month Google Project Zero researcher Maddie Stone detailed a zero-day Android privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2019-2215) and revealed that it is actively …
Unpatched Android flaw exploited by attackers, impacts Pixel, Samsung, Xiaomi devices
A privilege escalation vulnerability affecting phones running Android 8.x and later is being leveraged by attackers in the wild, Google has revealed. Interestingly enough, the …
Security hole opens a billion Android users to advanced SMS phishing attacks
Check Point Research has revealed a security flaw in Samsung, Huawei, LG, Sony and other Android-based phones that leaves users vulnerable to advanced phishing attacks. The …
Google will pay for data abuse reports related to popular Android apps, Chrome extensions
Google is expanding the Google Play Security Reward Program (GPSRP) to include all apps in Google Play with 100 million or more installs, and is launching a new Developer Data …
Protecting iOS and Android applications in a fully automated way
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2019, Dave Belt, Technology Evangelist at Irdeto, and Jaco du Plooy, VP Cloakware at Irdeto, discuss the current …
As attackers get more creative, mobile threats and attacks increase in both quantity and impact
It is no longer a matter of if or when an enterprise’s mobile endpoints will be compromised. They already are and most organizations have little to no knowledge or visibility …
FaceApp privacy panic: Be careful which apps you use
The privacy panic over FaceApp, the selfie-editing mobile app that makes photo subjects younger, older or turns them into members of the opposite sex, has been overblown. The …
High-risk vulnerabilities found in 1/3 of iOS apps, nearly half of Android apps
Expert testing of iOS and Android mobile applications shows that in most cases, insecure data storage is the most common security flaw in mobile apps. Positive Technologies’ …
Official Tor Browser for Android available on Google Play
The Tor Project has released the first stable version of the Tor Browser for Android. The release is referred to as version 8.5, mainly to prevent confusion: Tor Browser …
Android Q: Enhanced security for consumers and enterprises
The upcoming, newest version of Android – still only known as “Android Q” – will have many new and improved protections for user privacy. Google has …
Qualcomm chips leak crypto data from secure execution environment
A vulnerability in Qualcomm chips could be exploited by attackers to retrieve encryption keys and sensitive information from the chipsets’ secure execution environment, …
Google will check apps by new developers more thoroughly
In an attempt to thwart Android developers who are set to distribute malicious apps through Google Play, Google will be taking more time when reviewing apps by developers with …